Marked for Life

[Red Riding Hood/ Ruby]

"Um.... uh, yeah, I will... I promise...." Red blinked a that, but she meant it- Granny did, and so likewise Red meant what she said as well. Red smiled as an overwhelming wave of relief flew over her, Granny actually APPROVED or at least enough to help".... thank you"

She then looked at Whale and took his hand in hers," Should we go?"

[Dr. Whale/Victor Frankenstein]

He squeezed her hand and reached into his pocket to retrieve his phone.

"Yeah... and I know just person to call." He went to dial, such a simple task, but his hand froze up and he dropped it after fumbling with it. He sighed and picked it up again, numbers blurring as he slowly dialed a number.

"Sister Astrid. Doctor Whale... How are you this evening?" he looked down at his watch. "Yes I realize it is very VERY late right now, but I need your help with something..."

[Nova/ Sister Astrid]

An hour after that call. Nova the fairy was knocking on the apartment door of Dr. Whale. She looked around hearing strange noises; a car speeding up, a cat hissing, and trashcan falling over. She flinched at everything. She didn't like being out after dark... especially now that a VAMPIRE was on the loose.

Whale opened the door. Nova was very familiar with the Doctor. As the town klutz, she often found herself in his office with some injury she received in some ridiculous manner.

"Good evening Dr. Whale." Nova said, she held up the small pouch of moonbeam dust for him to see. "I brought what you asked for..."

[Dr. Whale/Victor Frankenstein]

"Thank you so much, Sister Astrid." he breathed. The Fairy stood at his door, expecting an explanation perhaps. Whale didn't have time. "Again, thank you. See you around." He closed the door in her face. He would have to apologize for his rudeness later.

He joined Red in the middle of his living room, taking inventory of everything they had laid out. "So...I sprinkle THIS on you," he said, holding up the dust in his hand. "...You wolf-out... do your thing... and we get the cloak BACK on you," he said, putting the cloak in plain view. "...and then you patch me up, I'll walk you through it if you forget anything I explained," he organized the bandages, ointments. "If I need stitches, I'll handle that." Ruby gave him a look. "It's the one thing you CAN'T do, Ruby... I've done it before...I'm good at sewing flesh together. Comes with the territory." He joked darkly. "And then here's the fever kit once we get to that. And tarps have already been laid down for blood splatter. Wow.... I had no idea that my Tuesday evening would be ending like this when I woke up this morning..."

[Red Riding Hood/ Ruby]

Ruby laughed a little, but she was practically shaking she was so nervous.

"Okay," She took a breath," Sounds like a plan..." Red bit her lip a little then looked at him,"heh... looks like you'll get to see me all wolf-y after all"

Red stood and looked over their supplies.... would this be enough, yes... of course it would. They had this under control. Completely, and she loved Victor, that would be enough...

Without thinking Red drew Victor in for another kiss, this one far stronger and far more passionate than the one in the diner. She held onto him a moment laying her head on his chest, not wanting to let go... finally she looked up at him," Okay, let's do this..."

[Dr. Whale/Victor Frankenstein]

Whale responded to her kiss and held her in his arms. She almost seemed more nervous about this then he did.

"Red... if you don't want to do this..." He whispered to her. He looked up, just glancing out his window. He saw Dracula, red eyes blazing. Whale shut his eyes and opened them again. No one was there... it must have been a figment born of his exhaustion.

But she pulled away to look up at him, ready; he kissed her nose for her bravery. He then took out the packet of fairy dust, pinched a clump of the yellowish sparkly stuff, and sprinkled it lightly over her dark hair.

"Feeling any different yet?" he asked, eyes monitoring her reaction.

[Red Riding Hood/ Ruby]

"Um....." Honestly, not terribly different, she closed her eyes and tried to summon her 'inner wolf'. It took a moment before she could really feel the wolf start to awaken," Yeah... oh yeah definitely...."

She stood back a little, and looked at him, would she be able to recognize him? Well... if he was her true love... of course... this was going to work.

Red closed her eyes, letting 'The Wolf' wash over her, giving it it's freedom....

A moment later a black wolf with thick fur and large yellow eyes stared back at him.

[Dr. Whale/Victor Frankenstein]

Victor watched in slight horror... and immense fascination, as his Red transformed. The scientist in him was thrilled to witness such a sight... but the man cringed at her form contorting uncomfortably to accommodate the animal structure.

Once the dark wolf was in front of him, Whale slowly got down on his knees to appear as less of a threat. "It's okay, Red..." he soothed. Maybe if she could just hear his voice... make her remember why they were doing this... then maybe... MAYBE...she wouldn't eat him. "It's okay... you're beautiful." He must have sounded like an idiot, but he kept going with his sweet cooing.

He reached out a hand. He could hear a low growl from the giant wolf... but it was non-threatening. At least, from a regular dog it would be. Victor placed a hand, gingerly, on the wolf's fur... and stroked. The growling subsided to a low hum. He ventured to stroke one of her ears, and he received a blink from those large yellow eyes.

Whale was grinning broadly, completely forgetting himself... but then he remembered what needed to be done. "Red... this is it." He slowly shed his button-down shirt down to his under-T, giving her a clear view to his left forearm.

[Red Riding Hood/ Ruby]

There was faint recognition. yes, The wolf knew this man, he smelled very subtly sweet. Red watched him slowly undress, instinctually knowing what she was about to do. There was something amiss however, the presence of another.

Red growled a bit more aggressively, bareing her teeth, she could smell death outside. A living death and she could sense great anger from this creature. It threatened her would mate-and-lover-to-be, what was worse was she could smell it's scent on her lover.

The wolf crouched low to the ground, this man was hers, no one else's. Victor would belong to her as she would belong to him and no Vampire would change that. Red howled then pounced on Whale, seizing his arm in her mouth. The Wolfs teeth sank deep into his arm, it would be easy for him to tear it off completely.

When her teeth hit his bone she released immediately.

[Dr. Whale/Victor Frankenstein]

Whale didn't have time to react. This wasn't the clean bite he had received from the vampire, which had calmed him down into submission. This was a bite that tore messily at his flesh. He cried out in terror, his whole body instinctively wanting to get away from the offender. Which only made it worse.

The wolf let go and Whale backed away, trying to protect his limp arm. He came to his senses enough to reach for the cloak, but darkness was was creeping in towards the edges of his vision. It was all too much... he couldn't handle it... he gave into the blackness and fell to his back.

[Count Dracula/Vlad Lugosi]

The door suddenly swung open, locks flying off the latch. Dracula stood there, leaning against the door frame.

"Little wolfie, little wolfie.... let me in." he grinned, at the threshold, unable to enter without an invitation. He held up his hand and the scarlet cloak slithered it's way into his grasp. He examined the well-crafted garment, while Victor's Red bared her teeth threateningly. "Before we engage in an epic battle of 'Twilight' proportions...might I suggest an alternative?" he nodded towards Victor on the floor. "HE needs patching up, which YOU are incapable of doing in that form nor in your other... and Victor is obviously not up to the challenge as well... but I CAN. I've seen him do it enough, I think I can manage." The wolf advanced, growling and snarling. "Or we can settle this claw to claw... while he dies. All that blood... SUCH a waste..." the ancient vampire tsked. He finally looked the wolf in the eye, smoldering mask lowered. "NEITHER of us want this man to die tonight."

[Red Riding Hood/ Ruby]

The Wolf continued to growl, seemingly unrelenting- but it was quite plain to see that this wasn't intimidating Dracula in the slightest. Red looked at Victor sprawled out on the floor, the blood was quickly filling the dips and creases of the tarp. There really wasn't much she could do, he was right...

She locked eyes with him again but submissively back away. If Dracula was going to be in this apartment she wanted to be ready in case he tried anything and remain in her stronger form. But he now had permission to enter.

[Count Dracula/Vlad Lugosi]

Dracula shook his head, smirking. "No, no, no, my pet..." He summoned her forward with his long index finger. "I require a verbal command."

The vampire held out the cloak, just a little ways outside the door, ready to clothe the beast.

[Red Riding Hood/ Ruby]

Of course he did.

Whether he was lying and just didnt want a large black wolf looming over him while he did whatever evil he was planning to vomit or if he was actually telling the truth didnt really matter at this point. Red was more or less stuck between a rock and a hard place.

The wolf huffed and padded over to him, snapping visciously at his hand before allowing him to drop the hood over her.

From under the hood Red returned to her natural human form. She stood and locked eyes with him again,"You. May. Enter."

[Count Dracula/Vlad Lugosi]

As she stood up Dracula pulled her in closer towards him by the edges of her cape. He didn't blame his Victor for wanting the woman. If her blood wasn't contaminated with werewolf bane, he might want to try her for himself. It wasn't lethal to him... just an acquired taste.

"Thank. You." he responded, mimicking her curt command... but with a grin that showed off his canines. He swiftly moved towards the unconscious man on the ground. He placed Victor's ravaged arm across the doctor's waist and picked the man up gently and effortlessly. He relocated Victor to the couch and spread his arm out flat, wound up.

The vampire extended his hand and the saline bottle floated right into it. He was thorough and careful in his cleaning, as he had seen Victor do during the day... and at night... Once it was as clean as it could be, Dracula took the medical thread and needle. He could see Ruby get uncomfortable out of the corner of his red eye. He smiled to himself.

He worked delightedly, for there were numerous lacerations to close up to stop the bleeding. Some fresh blood seeped out of the closings he was working on; he took his thumb and wiped it clean, then brought brought his thumb to his lips to lick. So sweet. Ruby made a protesting noise.

Dracula blinked up at her. "This doesn't bother you, now does it pet?"